Joseph stretch



(No Model.)

J. STRETCH.

SINK.

No. 596,763. Patented Jan. 4, 1898.

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TTORNEY,

UNITED STATnsl PATENT trips,

JOSEPH STRETCH, OE EAST ORANGE, NEV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OE ONE-HALE TO GEORGE VALENTINE TUCKER, OF NEWTARK, NEW JERSEY.

SINK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,763, dated January 4, 1898.

Application filed February 10,1897. Serial No. 622,797. (No model.)

To all whom, t may conce-7%: coupling E for securing the pipe F thereto, Be it known that l, JOSEPH STRETCH, a citiandbetween the lower end of the drainout zen of the United States, residing at East let and the pipe E is interposed a Washer or Orange, in the county of Essex and State of packing-ring G to prevent leakage. Around 5 New Jersey, have invented a certain new and the upper edge of the funnel-shaped outlet 55 useful Improvement in Sinks, of which the are formed a number of lugs l-l, and these following is a specification. lugs serve to retain the coarser particles of My invention relates to a new and useful foreign matter which maybe within the sink improvement in sinks, and especially to those and prevent them from gaining access to the 1o designed for use in kitchens, and has for its outlet, and in practice the lugs ll and ribs B 6o object to not only strengthen a sink Without are of the same general height, so that flatmaterially adding to its Weight or cost, but bottomed vessels, such as pans, placed within also to increase the facility with which Water the sink Will not come in direct contact With may pass therefrom to the drain-pipe, as Well the bottom thereof, thereby permitting a free i5 as provide means for the catching of the passage of the Water poured or run in the sink, 65 coarser particles of sediment and foreign subthe object being to prevent the overoW of stances and providing means for their rethe sink by the stoppage of the outlet by such nioval Without the use of a brush or shovel, vessels. The strainer l is of saucer shape, its which has heretofore been necessitated. sides being adapted to the incline of the funzo A further object of my invention is to pre` nel-shaped outlet, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, 7o vent the stopping of the sink to an extent and its center being raised and having formed likely to cause an overflow thereof When the therein the slots J, which extend nearly to water is left running by either a pan which the top thereof, as Well as aseries of holes K, may be left therein or the accumulation of formed in the bottom, from which it Will be 25 foreign substances upon the strainer. seen that particles of foreign mattei' which 75 W'ith these ends in view this invention congain access to the strainer will be retained sists in the details of construction and comtherein, and even though the holes K be bination of elements hereinafter set forth and closed by such matter the slots J will permit then specifically designated by the claims. the free passage of the water from the strainer 3o ln order that those skilled in the art to until the latter is entirely iilled with the for- 8o Which'this invention appertains may under eign substances. After the strainer has bestand how to make and use the same, its concome so clogged by the accumulation of the struction and operation Will now be described foreign matter that the Water no longer freely in detail, referringto the accompanying draW- passes therefrom it may be lifted from the 35 ings, forming a part of this specification, in funnel-shaped drainand said matter be re- 85 Whichmoved therefrom by inverting the strainer,

Figure l is a plan View of a sink made in and to facilitate this removal a ring L is pir Y accordance with my improvement Fig. 2, a oted tothe upper portion of the center of the cross-section thereof; Fig. 3, an enlarged destrainer,l as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

4o tail section 0f the strainer and coupling, by By the use of my improvement it vWill be 9o means of which the sink is attached to the seen that the sink cannot become clogged sufdrain; and Fig. 4 is a slightly-modified form iiciently to overfiow Without long and conof the strainer. tinued neglect, and the accumulations of for In carrying out myinvention I cast or othereign matter are easily removed Without the l 45 Wise form the sink A with the ribs B upon use of a brush or shovel, thus so facilitating 95 the upper surface of its bottom, and these this removal as to preclude the possibility of ribs radiate from the drain-outlet, Which in the sink being neglected to any great extent. my improvement is cast With the sink and While the radial ribs B serve to prevent funnel-shaped, as shown at O, terminatingin direct contact between a vessel and the bot- 5o the threaded end D, on which is run the tom of the sink, they also serve to strengthen roo the sink and prevent its becoming cracked or injured by sudden shocks or considerable Weight placed therein.

The coupling which I have here shown for attaching the funnelshaped drain to the waste-pipe obviates the necessity of forming holes in the bottom of the sink for this purpose, as well as the use of putty,wl1ich is easily cracked, and when so cracked causes leakage, and in practice it is found that a sink made in accordance with my improvement may be manufactured and sold as cheap as those of usual construction.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 4 the strainer Q has its sides corrugated, as indicated at R, and this arrangement will further facilitate the outward flow of Water from the sink, even though the foreign matter may accumulate Within the strainer, since it would be next to impossible for this foreign substance to completely fill these corrugations, and on this account an escape will be. afforded by said corrugations for the water, as Will be readily understood.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful isl. In combination With a sink, a funnelshaped pipe leading therefrom, a strainer having flared Walls to fit in the funnel-shaped outlet-pipe, said strainer having a perforated bottom, the center of same being raised above the surrounding surface and slotted, said strainer being removably fitted in the outletpipe, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a sink, a funnelshaped outlet pipe leading therefrom, a strainer having ared corrugated sides to fit the funnel-shaped pipe, a perforated bottom, the center of said strainer being raised above the surrounding surface and slotted said strainer being removably fitted in the funnelshaped pipe the corrugations forming passages between the walls of the pipe and the sides of the strainer, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto afiixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOSEPH STRETCH.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. SLATTERY, CHARLIE BENDER. 

